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Top world cocaine dealer deported from Colombia to Italy

Known as the "Pablo Escobar of Italy," Roberto Pannunzi was a member of the Calabrian mafia from southern Italy but had close ties with Colombian and Mexican drug cartels as well as the Sicilian Cosa Nostra.

Boeing 777 crash lands at San Francisco airport, at least 2 dead, dozens injured

Two passengers are confirmed dead and at least 10 passengers are in critical condition at local hospitals as dramatic pictures and video show a plane engulfed in smoke with its tail missing.

At least 80 missing in Canada train blaze

At least one person is dead and several are missing when a Montreal Maine & Atlantic train with five locomotives and 77 rail cars carrying oil from the U.S. state of North Dakota derailed. The death toll is expected to rise on Sunday.

President Chinchilla signs law advocates believe key to same-sex unions

The law could pave the way for gay unions in Costa Rica but Christian conservative legislators are already planning to counter it.

Doctors advised unplugging ‘vegetative’ Mandela’s life support

The anti-apartheid icon and former president, who turns 95 later this month, was rushed to hospital on June 8 with a recurring lung infection.

Bolivian president’s plane continues flight from Europe to South America

Organization of American States chief: "Nothing justifies an action of such disrespect from the highest authorities of a country."

Egypt army topples Islamist president

Aide: Morsi and the entire presidential team are under house arrest in the Presidential Republican Guards Club.

Costa Rica’s Chinchilla says she will not veto bill that opens door to same-sex unions

The president told reporters on Wednesday morning that it is not the executive branch's role to interpret laws passed by Congress.

Latin American leaders furious over Austria’s decision to “kidnap” Evo Morales

Bolivian President Evo Morales' unplanned stop in Vienna provoked the ire of Latin American and Caribbean leaders, who decried the search of his presidential airplane as a violation of diplomatic immunity and "imperialist" meddling from the United States.

Egypt’s military gives Morsi, opposition parties 48 hours to resolve conflict

Anti-government activists have called repeatedly on the military in recent days to back their campaign against Morsi and his supporters in the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, whom they accuse of hoarding power and failing to enact meaningful economic and political reforms.

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